In this week’s Episode, Lady Mariéme invited Carmen Corbin, Head of Counter Cybercrime Programming (Africa). Carmen leads by example. She is based in Senegal, where she is currently serving. Both met during the pandemic when she invited Lady Mariéme to speak about technology and the importance of online safety. She is passionate about capacity building in Africa, especially for women.

They both discussed how cyber harassment and cybercrime can take many forms and why civil servants in the Police must be trained urgently with digital intelligence tools. In Africa, we have seen significant growth in cyber criminality in the form of high-profile ransomware campaigns over the last year. Unwanted sexually explicit emails, text (or online) messages; websites or internet chat rooms; Threats of physical and/or sexual violence by email, text (or online) messages; Hate speech, meaning language that denigrates, insults, threatens or targets an individual based on her identity (gender) and other traits (such as sexual orientation or disability). Lady Mariéme believes that Technology will have a profound and transformational effect on how her agency and law enforcement in Africa do business over the coming eight years. Carmen is happy to be part of the change in the cybercrime space in Africa. She is a Do-Gooder! 

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DISCLAIMER: The views expressed during the interview are Carmen’s personal opinions.